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come of age
«It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Mankind,
Religion
| Keywords:
Age to Age, come of age, door, dragon, First to, golden, Golden Age, guards, mankind, necessary, on guard, on your guard, possible, religion, slay, The Golden Age, threshold, thresholds
«Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
Common sense
| Keywords:
acquired, age, Age to Age, collection, collections, come of age, common, commoner, common sense, eighteen, prejudiced, prejudices, sense, sensed, sense an, sensing
«Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
age, age of, Age to Age, approach, be born, Born, come of age, could, eighteen, eighties, eighty, gradually, happier, infinitely, life, make happy, only, The Age, would-be, would
«Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.»
Author: Peace Pilgrim
(Spiritual leader, Teacher)
| Keywords:
Age to Age, come of age, in this, materialistic, outlived, outlives, outliving, possessed, possesses, possessions, relinquish, relinquished, relinquishing, usefulness
«God is dead: but considering the state Man is in, there will perhaps be caves, for ages yet, in which his shadow will be shown.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
| Keywords:
ages, Age of Man, Age to Age, caves, cave in, cave man, Cave of the, come of age, Considering, dead, God is dead, My state, other states, perhaps, shadow, shown, state, stating, The Dead Man, The State, yet
«Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Age,
Mind
| Keywords:
Age to Age, at issue, come of age, issue, issuing, matter, mind over matter, over, take issue
«We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
Age to Age, An Age, come of age, live in, necessities, unnecessary
«One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that, she'll tell anything.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Men and Women
| Keywords:
Age to Age, come of age, her, real, She, should, Tell, tells, trust, woman
«Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
ages, Age to Age, assured, assuring, as follows, before, best, by the hour, come of age, doubts, duties, fears, follow, follow through, For the, hour, hours, I doubt it, performance, preparation, right to life, right to work, spend, The Best, The Hours, waste, well, work
